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M. A. KALER.

GRIMPING IRON CABINET.

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81: e f d y filer UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY A. KALER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CRlMPlNG-IRON CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,256, dated November 29, 1881.

Application filed October 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY A. KALER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crimping-Iron Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to cabinets for crimping-irons and the necessary implements used by ladies in crimping the hair; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed. out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet closed; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the cabinet with the cover raised, showing the interior packing arrangement, with all the articles in proper place; and Fig. 3 is a view of the device as it appears when iii-operation.

Aisametallic box, of suitable size and shape, and provided with a hinged cover, B, handle a, and clasp b.

C is a sliding drawer, opening outwardly.

D is a chamber for alcohol or oil, and is provided with the burners d d.

E is a hinged bracket, the upper part of which has a bend, e.

To the upper part of the bracket E is hinged a pair of straps, cc, connecting it with similar bracket F, the lower part, c, of which is square in form, and is not secured to the box, but is adapted to be secured in a groove, 0 formed by the rim or flange a and the strip d, so as to hold it in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 3. A stop, i, keeps the other bracket, E, in position.

H is another hinged bracket, somewhat similar to the bracket E, and is hinged in a like manner. It is, moreover, provided with an angular extension, h, and when the bracket is folded this extension drops on the inside of the drawer O, forming a lock, and preventing the opening of it when the box is shut.

K is the crimping-iron, and when notin use is packed away, as seenin Fig. 2, while Fig. 3 shows it in position for heating.

From the above description and a reference to the drawings, the utility and operation of the invention will be fully understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s

1. In a crimping-iron cabinet, the lamp secured therein and forming a part of said cabinet, in combination with the hinged bracket E, straps c c, and bracket F, having the square portion 0 arranged to be held in an upright position in the groove 0 substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a crimping-iron cabinet, the combination, with the lamp D and brackets E and F, of the drawer O and the bracket H, having the angular extension h, constructed and arranged to lock the drawer when said bracket is folded, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

MARY A. KALER.

Witnesses:

E. D. GRANT, S. B. GpoDALE. 

